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Posted: 1/15/2012 5:17:14 PM EDT
| im looking to buy me a .50bmg....soo excited. haha. im looking at 3 different brands... http://www.statearms.com/ http://www.watsonsfirearms.com/809/index.html http://www.onlylongrange.com/ulr.asp i really like the tacticool stock on the noreen.. but i dont care for the tactical stocks on the others.. however i really like the laminate stocks.. if you have any other suggestions for about 2500$ let me know.. thanks..-Dan |
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In that price range for a complete bolt action there are only two companies...
Serbu 
Safety Harbor 
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uhh state arms and watsons say 2450 on the website's. noreen is supposed to be 2499. i really dont like the looks of serbu and saftey harbor. Like I said, those are your bolt-action options. The rest of the rifles you are looking at are shell holder actions. |
You just have to be patient and look.
| the budget was for rifle only.. dont want to spend more than that on a rifle. glass...dunno yet... plus i still gotta get a lee 50bmg reloading kit.. honestly to start off im probly just gonna mount a cheap scope that says its 50bmg approved..and see how it goes till i can afford a leopuld(cant spell it), night force, or something of that nature... |
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the budget was for rifle only.. dont want to spend more than that on a rifle. glass...dunno yet... plus i still gotta get a lee 50bmg reloading kit.. honestly to start off im probly just gonna mount a cheap scope that says its 50bmg approved..and see how it goes till i can afford a leopuld(cant spell it), night force, or something of that nature... I think you should just get yourself a 50 that does well (chambers without issue) with surplus and try it out first. Save your brass and one day perhaps you'll have a bud who can teach you how to reload. |
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the budget was for rifle only.. dont want to spend more than that on a rifle. glass...dunno yet... plus i still gotta get a lee 50bmg reloading kit.. honestly to start off im probly just gonna mount a cheap scope that says its 50bmg approved..and see how it goes till i can afford a leopuld(cant spell it), night force, or something of that nature... I think you should just get yourself a 50 that does well (chambers without issue) with surplus and try it out first. Save your brass and one day perhaps you'll have a bud who can teach you how to reload. sorry, I reload alot.. .223, .243, .303, 6.5x55, 7,62x54r...soo i know how to reload. however a .50 might be a wee bit different..... i do plan on getting the reloading kit last...that way i might have some brass saved up from fireing, plus itll be fireformed...mm just thought ill have to find a neck sizeing die..i think the one with the lee kit is a full body....ive pretty much settled on a state arms( I LOVE that wood stock). |
Any decent brake on a fifty will blow full water bottles off of the adjacent benches. Reloading the fifty is different from the lesser rounds.  It's more different if you use milsurp brass. The Lee sizing die will neck size if you don't have it cranked down to the shellholder. Three words of advice on full length sizing fifties: Imperial Sizing Wax. I love shooting my fifty as well as watching other people shooting it. May you enjoy the journey you are starting out on.
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if you can find an AR-50 for cheap then I suppose that'd be damn hard to beat, otherwise State Arms wins pick of the litter; if the Noreen hadn't increased in price so much I'd lean that way & mod its stock.
*put 150rds through a Steyr 50. then sold for hefty profit Edit: let me add, my next 50 may be a XLR chasis with a State Arms barreled action ($2200-2500) |
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if you can find an AR-50 for cheap then I suppose that'd be damn hard to beat, otherwise State Arms wins pick of the litter; if the Noreen hadn't increased in price so much I'd lean that way & mod its stock. *put 150rds through a Steyr 50. then sold for hefty profit Edit: let me add, my next 50 may be a XLR chasis with a State Arms barreled action ($2200-2500) Please tell me more about this combo. I looked up State Arms, but didn't see barreled actions or pricing. Thx. |
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if you can find an AR-50 for cheap then I suppose that'd be damn hard to beat, otherwise State Arms wins pick of the litter; if the Noreen hadn't increased in price so much I'd lean that way & mod its stock. *put 150rds through a Steyr 50. then sold for hefty profit Edit: let me add, my next 50 may be a XLR chasis with a State Arms barreled action ($2200-2500) Please tell me more about this combo. I looked up State Arms, but didn't see barreled actions or pricing. Thx. Complete State Arms actions run about $850.00 and Barreled actions start about $1,300.00 http://statearms.com/rifles/accessories.php |
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if you can find an AR-50 for cheap then I suppose that'd be damn hard to beat, otherwise State Arms wins pick of the litter; if the Noreen hadn't increased in price so much I'd lean that way & mod its stock. *put 150rds through a Steyr 50. then sold for hefty profit Edit: let me add, my next 50 may be a XLR chasis with a State Arms barreled action ($2200-2500) Please tell me more about this combo. I looked up State Arms, but didn't see barreled actions or pricing. Thx. Complete State Arms actions run about $850.00 and Barreled actions start about $1,300.00 http://statearms.com/rifles/accessories.php I bought the barrel action built a stock |
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